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The Community Contact team would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a happy, safe and prosperous New Year. We would like to thank everyone associated with bringing Community Contact together each month. It is a community newsletter, produced by us, the community, for us, the community— and we can be proud of it! Each year brings challenges, issues and changes—this year is no exception! Thanks so much to Jim Costello for his many years of ensuring that Community Contact makes the final step each month from the printer to us. He has had generations of children helping with this task at South Westland Area School and we thank each and every one of you. Jim is taking a year off but you can bet your bottom dollar that we will be hearing from Jim quite a bit throughout the year! Thanks again to all— Seasons Greetings!

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The Year 7 & 8 students from Fox Glacier School went to Dunedin 10-15 October. They visited many places and learned new skills. Here are their reports Dunedin 7/8 Camp – by Taryn Hopkins Monday: First day. We woke up early (well early for me) at 7:30. We had our showers and had a yummy breakfast. Next we hopped in the car and went to the Art Gallery where John, the guide, met us. He told us some rules and we went in. we went from room to room and saw these amazing works of art. My favourite was a sculpture totally made from pencils. After the art work, John took us into an art room and gave us an activ-ity. we made boomerangs out of iceblock sticks. (It was to do with our Aborigine study) Later he showed us a video about Aboriginal Dreamtime. After that was my favourite part – he gave us another art activity. We had to make our own Aborigine art gallery wall. It was heaps f fun; even Kirsty got into it and made her own little masterpiece. When we finished, we said our thanks and went over to the univer-sity. We looked around and found our tour guides Bridget and Bry-ony. They showed us all around the place. Everything was really BIG! The libraries, social rooms, lecture theatres, but I really enjoyed the geology department. There were heaps of fossils and really cool rocks and even a real 20 000 000 year old dolphin head! As soon as we finished around there, we went to the PE centre across the road. That was also awesome. WE met up with a man and he showed us around. There were dance rooms and exercise areas, but my favourite was the flume. A flume is a small pool with jets blasting you so yo just swim in one spot instead of heaps of laps. We held onto a rope and got the feeling of it. It was actually really funny because …… well our togs weren’t tight enough so we were hanging on with one hand and hanging onto our togs with the other. To make it funnier, there were hidden cam-eras under water and they gave us a DVD of it. We had a good laugh afterwards. I really loved that day – it was a great way to kick off the week. Dunedin Camp – by Jacob Sullivan On Thursday morning we all woke up, showered ourselves and had breakfast. After that we started walking down to the Chocolate Factory which took us about 20 minutes to get down to it. We entered the factory and went to sign in at the reception, before having a look around. About ½ an hour later, the tour lady came and got us. before we started the tour we had to watch a film on what the rules were and the history of the chocolate factory. After 10 minutes of watching the film, we entered the back where the tour starts. every now and again, we stopped and talked about how chocolate was made and to get the chocolate itself. we came to the end but before we left, we got a little container of melted chocolate and a spoon. It was yum! Then the tour ended. We walked back home. Next, after lunch, we went to go to tunnel beach, but it was closed due to lambing so we went to another beach where we went swimming. Dunedin Camp 7/8 by Oliver Clarke On Tuesday morning, we went to Larnach’s Castle. At the castle, we visited all the rooms. We had to find different things in each room, such as a lizard, using

the clues. After the visit, we had a hot chocolate. I thought Larnach’s Castle was interesting and fun. After the Castle, we went to find Sandfly Bay. However access was closed because of lambing, so after eating our lunch, we found some sand dunes and had lots of fun on them. In the afternoon we went to the Aquarium. At the aquarium, we went out to the inlet/bay with a wire 2d square. We chose 3 spots on the shore. They were 1 at low tide, mid tide and high tide. In the squares, we had to count all the little creatures and write them on our clip board. We found seaweed, crabs, fish and other little crea-tures. After that, we went and had a look at little creatures through the mi-croscope. We also had a go at the touch pool. The lady taking us had a very excited voice and treated us like babies. That afternoon we went outrigging after rushing home to change. We all had a go. It was very windy but a lot of fun. Wednesday Modelled by Miss G On Wednesday we went to the Museum. We met Kiri at the entrance and she took us through to the education centre where she had the space lab. We all climbed inside and Kiri spoke to us as she showed us the stars. After that, we went around the museum to the butterfly enclosure. Some of the butterflies were very beautiful and landed on us. There were other animals there such as bird and turtles. It was very humid inside. From there we spent some time in the educational/ hands on area and Robert wanted to stay there. Kirsty got sneezed on and Taryn made things move by beating on a drum. Armodeo met us and talked about his favourite subject – fossils. We made a plaster cast of our hands and put then in a sand pit for later. Armadeo gave us some plasticine as we went to an exhibit, and told about different rocks. The word of the day was ‘schist’! We also made a ‘fish swim bladder’ with a balloon and blutack. We had a very quick lunch before rushing off to meet someone by the Settlers Museum. Because the museum is being fixed up, we had to go to the Chinese Gardens. We were given a paper with designs on to find. We found almost all of them We met with the guide who helped us make a Chinese lantern. After yucky pork yum yum balls, we left. That night, Oliver and Jacob made an interesting dinner and after we went 10 pin bowling. Oliver won, closely followed by Robert.

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Franz Josef Police As I write, we are unfortunately cleaning up the aftermath of a fatal car crash at Okarito. Thank you to the locals at Okarito for looking after the six survivors and bearing with Police whilst we closed the road to remove the deceased and map the scene for the coroner. Also thank you to the St John ambulance, Fire, medical staff and others that assist in times like these. Everyone is on call to drop what they are doing and lend a hand. If there is one lesson to take from this particular crash, always wear your seatbelt. TEXTING SERVICE FOR DEAR AND HEARING IMPAIRED Police have been working with Deaf Aotearoa NZ, the fire service and St Johns to start up a 111 text service for the hearing impaired. Registered deaf and hearing impaired people can now text 111 if they have an emergency. Have a look at www.police.govt.nz/deaf-txt or www.deaf.org.nz for more information. You must register to be able to use the service. If you know someone that is deaf, let them know about this service. POLICE ON TWITTER If you don't know what Twitter is, don't worry, there are many who don't. Look it up on the internet if you have it. The Police have set up twitter accounts to give an insight into Police work. You may be interested if your about to join up or want to see what someone in the police, is doing day to day. Several Police officers 'tweet' using a cellphone and this comes up on the internet. The accounts are: nzpgenduties, nzpcommunity, nzpdelta 'delta' is a dog handler. A code word commonly used over the Police radio. WHITE RIBBON DAY (Family violence) The 25th November was a national awareness day for Family violence. If you saw Police or members of the public wearing a white ribbon around that time, this is what it was for. Police attend numerous family violence incidents around the country each day. All the agencies that deal with family violence have come together to support this day and increase awareness. These agencies included Women's Refuge and Child Youth and Family plus others. CHILDREN AND FARMBIKES

As we are reading in the news lately, there have been a lot of farm bike crashes and resulting deaths. Parental supervision can only go so far but please ensure your young one has a helmet on and has had good instruction in 2 wheel and 4 wheel motorbikes. 4 Wheelers can seem a lot safer but over confidence in their use can result in going places you shouldn't. If you are riding your farm bike down the state highway, we expect to see you with a helmet. The kids are watching and will copy what you do. LIQOUR LICENSING With the lead up to Christmas and New Years, Police, the Westland Council and Public health, have been conducting spot checks on licensed premises. In a nut shell we are looking for over intoxicated patrons, serving alcohol outside licensed hours, under age drinkers, drugs. These have not changed much over the years. There are a lot of other rules that licensees have to abide by. Alcohol harm reduction is a nationwide topic at the moment and we can expect changes in the future to the law. Bar managers have a lot on their plate when it comes to running a bar. If the bar manager or bar staff think you've had enough, please abide by their requests. The manager can be suspended and the bar closed for a period of time, if you cause a fuss and questions are asked about how they are running the show. The heat goes on them because you've had too much. Please drink responsibly.

In late October a white baiter was washed away and presumed drowned at Okarito, whilst trying to save two others that got into trouble.

Local SAR staff assisted by helicopters, a Kaikoura whale watch aircraft manned by trained personal and locals searched the water and beaches for Mr Snoep. Unfortunately at time of writing this, he still hasn't been found.

With the season starting we can expect more callouts for volunteer SAR staff with people getting into trouble.

Have a great Xmas and New Years. Again, drive to the conditions on our roads and look after your mates when out on the town.

Constable Paul Gurney

Franz Josef

HAAST PASS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

On the weekend of 6th November 2010 the Haast community celebrated fifty years since their isolation ended with the opening of the road linking South Westland with Otago. A lot of work went into organising our event and I would like to recognise those who contributed to a great weekend. Financial assistance was provided by NZ Lottery Grants Board and Development West Coast and was gratefully received. The weekend started off with a get-together at the Haast Hall where Les McKenzie had put together a fabulous photo display with the assistance of his employer, Opus (ex Ministry of Works), Tony Arnold at Sign Link Graphics, the Business Unit of the Westland District Council and History House, Greymouth.. Thank you to everyone who provided photographs. Old movie footage was shown throughout the evening and thank you to those who provided the footage and to Prue Wallis who edited it. Hopefully we will arrange another viewing in Haast some time in the near future. A continuous supper was served all evening, thank you to Paul Eggeling for the crayfish, all the those who contributed whitebait, the Haast Food Centre and to Linda & Grant Bolt who did such a wonderful job keeping the drinks flowing. Saturday dawned another beautiful day but an easterly wind ripping down the Haast Valley almost took out one of our marquees – thank to all those who were roused from their beds and secured it. As the sun rose higher in the sky the wind abated and by 11.00 am when we assembled for the re-enactment it was warm and calm – just perfect for the

arrival of the Dominie. Thank you to George & Jo Wallis, Geoff Robson, Roger Hahn, 63B Catering & Wanaka Party Hire and JJ Nolan Transport for making this possible, and keeping a secret! The re-enactment was made special by our Mayor, Maureen Pugh, when she read copies of the original speeches from the 1960 Official Opening – reading from the lectern used by Keith Holyoake when opened the road at Knights Point in 1965. With the formalities over the crowd moved to the adjacent airfield for our Gala Day. Thank you to Dave Saxton for the use of the airfield and grounds and to Dunstan Spraying for spraying the airstrip. Rachel Norton did a wonderful job in organising the stalls for the market and it all ensured everyone had an enjoyable day. Thank you also to everyone who brought along their vintage cars and machinery – especially Joe Gilman for the D8 bulldozer and Ferguson Bros. for transporting the bulldozer from Greymouth – I’m sure John Cowan didn’t mind his paddock being ripped up by the ‘old boys toys’! Thank you to NZ Energy who supported us by providing with free electricity for all the activities at the airfield all weekend. Saturday evening saw us back at the airfield again for the Official Dinner. 63B Catering and Wanaka Party Hire did a wonderful job with great food and equipment – right down to a dance floor. With the speeches and dinner over it was time for Ferg and his band to entertain - they certainly made sure they got some old bones moving until late in the night. Sunday dawned another beautiful day and a good crowd turned out for our Combined Church Service conducted by Rev. Vivian Harbar and Fr Mike

Mahoney, thank you for the lovely service and making the special trip to Haast for our weekend. After the church service everyone travelled to the Arawhata Bridge for the unveiling of a memorial to Dan Greaney. Robin Manera and Mike Robson have created a very special place and a wonderful tribute to a lovely gentle man. It is worth a visit if you are down this way. A cup of tea and refreshments were served afterwards at the Haast Hall and wound up a wonderful weekend. Many other businesses and individuals also contributed to our weekend, they include: Fulton Hogan, Transit NZ, Heartland World Heritage Hotel, McGuires Lodge, Bay Road Motels, Terrace Distributors, Hard Antler Bar & Restaurant , Tony Kerr, Roger Mahan, Archives NZ, Acacia Motel, Central Otago Cleaning Supplies, Arnold Products, Hannahs Homestead, Kens Digital, Sprint Finish Framing, West Coast Historical Museum

We had great media coverage both before and after the event for which we are grateful, especially to The Otago Daily Times, The Greymouth Star and The Press. Finally, I would like to thank all the committee members for all their work, especially Les McKenzie for his knowledge and contacts, Jen Farmer for her work with the numbers, Heleen Johnston for her attention to detail and Bill Lind for his valuable contribution to the event which included spending Saturday night behind the bar. Neroli Nolan Chairperson

Visit Stewart's website to see many more photos. www.stewartnimmo.co.nz

Thank you to Stewart Nimmo Photography for providing this photo

Nov 2010 Ross Ramblings. Well, that’s that for another season! It sounds as if it has been one of the poorest whitebaiting seasons for some time, not just here in Ross, but across the entire West Coast. Catches certainly seemed to improve from around Labour Weekend for some, but not for everyone. There seems to have been more dissention than usual too, maybe this was caused by the serious lack of bait, suitable spots and the abrasive behaviour of a few, mostly visitors, who seem to think that the river is theirs alone. Things might improve next season if they take their own advice and stay at home and fish their own river! We can only hope! The “Love Bins” Did you notice that these bins have been moved from the original site near the Ross Hall? Do you re-member how we (the locals) were threatened with huge fines ($400.) if we so much as put a used paper tissue in them? Well, it seems that the bins weren’t getting used enough, (surprise, surprise,) so Glenys Byrne of the Westland District Council has instructed that they be relocated up to the Infor-mation Centre. It seems that the Information Centre had no say in the matter either, nor any choice as to where the bins were to be placed. Maybe this placement will result in better use! The Ross Policeman. Positive news on this topic. I spoke with Sergeant Arnold-Kelly recently. He tells me that three applicants will be interviewed for the Ross Policeman posi-tion over 25th & 26th November. He commented on the high quality of the applicants. It is hoped that the new Policeman will take up his position early in the New Year. Ross Swimming Pool: What a great start to the season. Six of our local children are in the Hokitika Amateur Swim Club. They had a meet this weekend at Greymouth. All swum per-sonal best times. Well Done to them all. The water temp at the Pool is around 22º -- 23 º that’s really good for this time of the year. We should have a few months of really nice warm water for our swimming. The newly upgraded change rooms look great. Keys can be purchased from Sue Tozer 7554155 or Bev Manera 7554011. The rates for Casual key hire have changed this year. It now costs $5.00 to hire the key (for a Maximum of 3 hours.) and $4.00 per person for a swim. It might be cheaper for some families to buy a season subscription at $75. Sub-holders who take extra family along for a swim will be charged at the old rate of $2 per adult and $1 per child. Thanks to everyone who bought tickets, helped sell the tick-ets or contributed to the Hampers for the very successful Raf-fle Day last week. Prizes have all been distributed to the lucky winners. Next Pool Committee meeting will be held at the School Library, 7.30pm 24th Nov. feel free to come along and help us plan for the Centennial Celebration of our Pool in April 2011. Housie: We are continuing to have Housie on first and third Friday of the month at the Empire Hotel Ross, so the next night will be this Friday 19th November. Don’t forget we are planning to have a Bonus night with every house a $10 house (unless shared) on Friday 17th Dec. We hope you can come along. We are pretty sure that Santa or someone a bit like him will be there on the night. See you there. Ross School Prize Giving: is being held at the Pool again this year on Wednesday 15th Dec, starting with a BBQ around 6—6. 15pm and followed by the Prize Giving. All Welcome. RFFC: I hope you got down to the Fireworks Festival this year. What a spectacle it was. A great crowd too. A huge

thank you to Evan and Jane Birchfield and their crew for all they do for the show. What a fantastic job the Fireworks Committee have done again this year. This spectacular even is the result of hard work by a very small band of workers. Well done to you Kay and to your helpers. Hopefully, your commitment and effort will be rewarded with a few more folk putting up their hands to help with the organising next year. You don’t have to live in Ross to be a committee mem-ber, so don’t let that deter you. Think about it for next year! Ross Community Society: held their AGM on 1st Nov 2010. Office holders are Charlie MacBeath – Chairperson, Gael Ledgerwood Sec/ Treasurer, Gavin Hartwig, Hall Custodian. In his report, Charlie MacBeath commented on the lack of real progress re the Phillip May Place road. The present ver-bal arrangement is not considered adequate or appropriate. This matter, along with the unsatisfactory state of our water supply and lack of notices re this, and other issues, will con-tinue to be discussed in the hopes that we can generate some positive, helpful dialogue and actions between the Ross Com-munity Society and the Westland District Council Mayor and Councillors. Christmas “Christingle” Concert; this Interdenominational event is planned for Friday 10th Dec. It will include a BBQ, and a special “Christingle” story and of course, some Christ-mas Carols. We will have some locals providing the music for the Carols. The story will be told to us by Rev. Vivien Harber, she is a wonderful storyteller and I encourage every-one, of all ages, to attend. I am sure you will be delighted. Bring Mum and Dad, Nana and Grandad along too if you can. The venue will be the Ross Hall starting at 6pm, with the story time and carols starting around 7pm That’s all for now. Enjoy the Christmas Rush! Only 5½ weeks to go!

Community Contact Into the Future Dear South Westlanders

I have decided that the time has come to pass the Community Contact baton over to someone else who will pick it up and run with it into the future. I am not particularly competent with “modern” technology and know that there are very capable people in South Westland who can co-ordinate and compile this newsletter each month efficiently and effectively. I have loved being involved for the last 24 years or so and hope to continue contributing in every way I can. I thank the many people who have helped keep Community Contact going over the years and look forward to helping someone else do the same. Are you that person? Please let us know if you are willing to co-ordinate and compile Community Contact. Kind regards Brenda Monk, Paringa

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Dan Creaney Memorial—Arawhata River

A Special Thanks to Robin Manera for organising and all the clear-ing work he did on the south side of the Arawhata Bridge for Dan Greaney's Memorial. Dan was the road man from Jackson Bay to Arawhata for many years. The idea for a memorial came one day from talking about the old times while sitting at the Bay admiring the scenery. Dan lived at the Bay between the 1950's and 60's. and was an unheralded conservationist. He loved the birds, the trees and all nature. He discovered the lake behind the Tuning Forks which now bears his name. Once the idea of a memorial was mooted, offers came from Robin Manera to co ordinate it, Mike Robson to design and build the stone cairn, Ken Hall to do the levelling and gravelling, and many many more. Now, there is a lovely place to park and re-flect on Dan, and admire Mike's work. It was especially noticeable that during the unveiling service how the fantails, tuis and pigeons put on a great display in honour of their protector.

CDO REPORT FOR FRANZ JOSEF Well here we go again the busy season is upon us, things are heating up. You always know when you cannot get a park up the street. By the time this goes to print lots will be happening, the road side clean up will be done and gardens tidy ready for Christmas. The Franz Josef School has kindly offered to help again this year cleaning up the side streets. Thank you teachers and children. A most exciting event for us all in Franz Josef is A Merry Glacier Christmas Being held at Top 10 Holiday Park. The committee of the Charitable Trust have been badgering away with 2 meeting a week and things are really starting to come solid. I am sure it will be a memorable day for all, so please get your tickets now as there are a limited number. You can purchase on line, give me a call at the CDO office on 752-0212 or contact Anja at Top 10 Holiday Park. The gym has lots of new members for the season and has room for more so please do pop into Fern Grove Souvenirs and join up. Pay as you go $10 3 months $ 60 6 months $100 12 months $150 Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Busy New Year. Wendy Jones Community Development Officer Office 752-0212 Mobile 027-261-6750 Email franzjosefcdo@xtra.co.nz Office Hours Monday 2pm-------5pm Wednesday 9am-------5pm Friday 9am--------noon

A HUGE THANK YOU to the fantastic home bakers of Haast who once again baked delicious goodies for the 'Baked for Heaven's

Sake!' cake & a cuppa stall to help raise money for the maintenance of the local Haast Catholic Church at the Haast Pass 50th Anniversary cele-brations. Thanks must also go to Bob who set up the stall and kept the water boiling all day for the cuppa, to Lynda and Phillipa who gave of their time manning the stall on the day and all the other people who helped in any way. Great effort, and another $700.00 towards the maintenance of the church.

The whole weekend was a great success - well done to the organisers!

" Life is like a horse; parts of it stink and there is no end to the crap you have to deal with. But it is still a beautiful animal, if you have the courage and skills to ride."

Tough times never last, but tough people do. Dr. Robert Schuller

The Bruce Bay Sports Committee wishes

to thank the following Sponsors

♦ West Coast Scrap and Steel Ltd ♦ Electronet ♦ Tauraka Waka a Maui Marae ♦ John Pfeifer Panel ♦ Te Weheka Inn – Fox Glacier ♦ Fox Glacier Guiding ♦ Fox & Franz HeliServices ♦ Maru and Biddy ♦ Ferngrove Souvenirs ♦ Franz Josef Glacier Country Re-

treat ♦ Glacier Hot Pools ♦ The Landing Bar ♦ Coffee & Equipment ♦ Griffen & Smith Mitre 10 Grey-

mouth ♦ Hokitika Glass Studio ♦ Johnston Motors Haast Junction ♦ Mountain Jade ♦ NZ Shellcraft ♦ Westland Farm Centre ♦ South Westland Salmon Farm ♦ Rainforest Motels Fox Glacier ♦ Trents ♦ Terrace Distributors ♦ White Heron Sanctuary Tours ♦ Glynis Condon ♦ Fergusons ♦ Ferngrove Franz Josef ♦ Café Neve ♦ Pinegrove Motels ♦ The whitebaiters who donated

whitebait ♦ Steve Monk and Debbie Condon ♦ The Community and all the vol-

unteers ♦ Fresh Connections Alexandra ♦ Neroli Nolan

Without your help this Sports Day

would not be able to proceed so a big thank you to you all.

Bruce Bay Sports Day

Whitebait Raffle Results 1

st Liz 03 752 0233

2nd Kevin Beams

3rd Rora c/- Marae

4th Len Te Koeti

5th Helen and Ian

6th Paula 768 7221

Thank you to everyone for your support

Other raffle results:

Grocery hamper 260 Marlayana Liebert

Fox package 157 Cheryl Johnston

Franz Package 166 Jeff Harris

Helicopter Flight 141 Mary Laugeson

Hoki Glass Studio 146 Hippy Hill

Dilmah Tea Set 116 Brenda Monk

Baking set 101 Sue Tozer

Pounamu 1st 169 Russel Alison

2nd 207 Peter M 021 025 67005

Mens Raffle 141 Warner Adamson

Sincere thanks! The Bruce Bay Hall Board

would like to thank everyone involved in organising, sponsor-ing, donating raffles and goods

and services and helping out with the sports day at labour

Weekend. It is a very big task for a very

small community and we rely on everyone’s help. We are still

amazed and very grateful for the support we receive.

We will have made a small profit again this year after all the payments and donations

have been sorted out and this will be going towards the

Heritage Building project. THANK YOU EVERYONE!! "It's better to cry than to be angry. Anger hurts others, while tears "It's better to cry than to be angry. Anger hurts others, while tears "It's better to cry than to be angry. Anger hurts others, while tears "It's better to cry than to be angry. Anger hurts others, while tears

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Haast Happenings Merry Christmas every one and have a safe and

Happy New Year.

Haast School

Were down to the last few weeks of School now and as is

always the case at this time of year busy, busy. All the

kids have enjoyed a wonderful year again, with lots of fun

and learning. We sadly farewell Nichola Johnston at the

end of the year, she will be greatly missed both by the

children and the staff. Good luck to you and Shane, for

your exciting new future.

Playgroup is held in the third classroom of Haast School

on Mondays 10am – 12pm and

Thursdays 10am – 12pm

With a pre-school group of 4 year olds having a separate

session on Wednesdays from 10am till 12pm, until the

end of the year.

Playgroup is also winding down for a break over the Christmas

period but will start back up again in the new year. It is my last

year being involved with Playgroups having spent time living

both here in Haast and in Fox Glacier. We will be sad to be

leaving it behind. I found having the Playgroup as both a place

to take my kids as well as a place to meet up with other

mothers a life saver at times and would thoroughly recommend

getting involved with your local playgroup, if you find yourself

moving into the area and needing to meet other families. I

have made some wonderful friends through this and so have

both my boys. Thanks to you all.

I am also finishing up my time with The Correspondence

Schools Preschool, and have also found that invaluable. The 3

pre-schoolers down here who are enrolled with the School at

the moment were lucky enough to Video Conference with their

teachers back in Wellington this week. It was the most amazing

thing for the kids and us. To talk to their teachers, sing songs

together and show them their favourite toys and costumes was

a real treat, and so simple to do. The School here has taken the

plunge and brought a video conferencing unit which is available

for the community to use. If you require any further

information on this don’t hesitate to call the School. Or if you

have any new exciting ideas of things you would like to see

available in Haast maybe we could look at using the Video

Conferencing unit to bring it to us!

Mickey & Minnie Mouse Suits FOR HIRE

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Haast Playgroup

50th Anniversary –

Haast Pass Road Opening

Market Day

What a day this turned out to be! The weather was perfect, so

was the atmosphere. There were around 23 stalls selling a

variety of items and the traditional venison, whitebait, sausage

sizzle, smoked salmon, great baking and fantastic cups of coffee

(or beer). A huge thank you must go to Anne and Kathy who

kept up with demand on the Pony Rides, the girls who manned

the Bouncy Castle and the exuberant children, and to the very

obliging Cream Face Auction Parcticpants - Kerry, Eamonnd and

Nicky. Friends of Haast

School raised around $600 for the day and the winner of the

Firewood Raffle was Lynette Duncan of Wanaka. Thanks again

to everyone who helped out on the day to make this yet

another successful Haast Event!

Rachel

And adding to this I would like to say thank you to Emily

and all the girls who helped out with the waitressing at

the dinner for this event. It ended up being a lot of fun

and was a good fundraiser for the Friends of Haast School

as well. THANKS EMILY

"At Christmas, all roads lead home."

Marjorie Holmes

South Westland A & P Show 26th February

Bouncy Castle

Santa sack race

Mickey and Minnie Mouse

Xmas decoration and spoon race

Stick the nose on the Rudolph

Lollie scramble

Fire engine rides

Entertainment

Santa!!!!

Please bring:Please bring:Please bring:Please bring:

Plates: one savoury & sweet finger food

a wrapped present for each child

Parents, please supervise your own children

All welcome All welcome All welcome All welcome –––– the more the merrier !!! the more the merrier !!! the more the merrier !!! the more the merrier !!!

Kids don’t forget to dress as Santa's little helpers Kids don’t forget to dress as Santa's little helpers Kids don’t forget to dress as Santa's little helpers Kids don’t forget to dress as Santa's little helpers

Christmas PartyChristmas PartyChristmas PartyChristmas Party SundaSundaSundaSunday 5th Decembery 5th Decembery 5th Decembery 5th December

Haast Township HallHaast Township HallHaast Township HallHaast Township Hall

1pm 1pm 1pm 1pm –––– 4pm 4pm 4pm 4pm

couple of funny lines from an email I recently received WHY WE LOVE CHILDREN

1) OPINIONS On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his

mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.'

2) KETCHUP A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone

rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right

now. She's hitting the bottle.' Have a great summer everyone and we will be back

again in the New Year.

Anita

Haast Community Library

Open Saturdays 1pm – 4pm

Located at the Hall in the Haast township.

Books are issued out on a three weekly basis,

And we are lucky enough to get 100 books changed over

every 3 months

from the Hokitika Library. Don’t forget to return your books on time

Hon Damien O’Connor Labour List MP

“Local knowledge, honest advice” p: 0800 326 436 e: damienoconnor.mp@parliament.govt.nz P O Box 70, Greymouth

News from the West Coast Historical Museum:News from the West Coast Historical Museum:News from the West Coast Historical Museum:News from the West Coast Historical Museum: Did you know? Museum entrance for Westland District Rate-payers and children is free. Other adults pay $5. Where are we? Carnegie Building, 17 Hamilton Street, Hokitika. In November we were fortunate to receive the Dorothy Fletcher Collection which is an in depth collection of informa-tion and photographs totally exclusive to the South Westland Area. A great source of information on local families and South Westland history. Tell Us A Story – Summer Holiday Challenge: This chal-lenge involves coming to the museum, choosing an item from one of our displays, and writing a story about it. You can use your imagination to make up the story, or you can research your item and include facts. Entry forms are available at the museum. Entries must be returned to us no later than 10am on Monday 17th January 2011. A Celebration of Stories will be held at the museum from 3pm to 4 pm on the 20th January. All entrants and their supporters are invited along for soft drinks, nibbles and prizes. We would love to have some stories from South Westland, and yes, adults can join in too, there are no age limits!

Christie Lee ButlerChristie Lee ButlerChristie Lee ButlerChristie Lee Butler 25.01.1986 ---- 21.10.2010

(Result of an accident) in Singleton NSW. Our return to New Zealand with Christie, and to say goodbye has been of emotional and physical turmoil. At this time we would like to take the opportunity to sincerely thank those that attended her funeral, many of you whom travelled a long way to be there for her. We are very grateful. The un-conditional support, via phone calls, cards, facebook which has served a wonderful purpose, and presence have been an incredible support to us, and we are blessed to have so many incredible people that have supported us through this devastating journey. Thankyou to all those, whom at times have gone the extra mile for Christie, we appreciate your kindness and it will not be forgotten, she had some incredible friends around her.

We will miss her dearly, but are so grateful for the time we had.

Taken to soon, but her memories will live on forever.

Bruce and Jane.

APPRECIATION CHRISTIE LEE BUTLER

I wish to sincerely thank all Christie’s friends and local people

who called and phoned to help ease the pain of her untimely passing.

Forever in my heart.

Now Rest In Peace

Nana Marg

Quilters meeting at Fox

Glacier Fire Brigade building every Tuesday at 7.30pm. All welcome whether your craft

is quilting or something different, bring it along and

share some laughs

HAAST SCHOOL REUNION Easter 23-24 April 2011

Please register interest as numbers will be

limited www.haastschoolreunion.com

www.facebook.com - search Haast School Reunion

or Haast School Reunion, C/- P. O. Box 8, Haast

Fox Glacier Community Development Officer Report

December/January

I have been on leave for sometime now and would like to thank everyone for their support and as they say good things take time. The Fox Glacier Community Fundraising Cal-endars are on sale and available from Linda Pine from the Fox Glacier Holiday Park or 037510036. The cost is $14.00 each but makes a great gift. The Bouncy castle is as busy as ever so if you would like to book it please call me on 0274211721 as it keeps the kids busy for hours. Kelvin Perriman at the Westhaven Motels 037510084 is taking the orders for the Glacier Country Fundraising water bottles, this is turn-ing in to a great fundraising project and with the new look they are going well. On Tuesday the 9th of December Fox INC is having its AGM at the Fox Glacier Fire Station at 7.30pm. This meeting we will be having a community meeting to discuss CCTV for Fox Glacier and what options are available so come along and have your say. Any questions please contact me directly.

I you do not receive a copy of the agenda or minutes and would like to get a copy please feel free to contact me.

I am able to be contacted by

email or by cellphone most

days, if I do not answer please

just leave a message and I will

contact you as soon as I am able.

Abyee Williams

Community Development Officer

Fox Glacier

0274211721

West Coast Health Corner Hello and welcome to the first edition of the health on the coast from your rural nurses up and down the coast. Our first edition brings some exciting changes within the District Health Board. We have a free trial of a new phone triage system called HML. This is a 24hr phone line very similar to Healthline. This is how it will work when you phone the clinic you often get a phone message now when the phone is switched over to HML whenever you phone the clinic you will be direct dialled to HML and can chat to a person on the end of the phone who can triage your health needs and concerns. Many of you have informed us that much of the time there is no one on the end of the phone to talk to and you leave messages. This happens as we have no receptionists in each of our clinics and each patient who comes to the clinic or has appointments cannot be interrupted during the consultation as this would be very difficult to provide good health care if we constantly pick up the phone, this also is an issue around confidentiality as with only one computer system it is very important that we maintain confidentiality with all com-puter notes so it is best practice to be dealing with just you and your notes at the time. This for me gives the person at the clinic the priority they deserve on a one to one basis. So you can let us know what you think of the service we are trialling now to improve patient access especially as each of our clinics get busier. Each of the nurses are out in the com-munity on prime and 111 calls and visit dis-trict patients more and more including new mums and babies on a weekly basis as our communities keep growing. Next edition we can tell you a bit about our-selves and the 5 communities we work in and will keep you updated with relevant health I ssues. Mary your RuralMary your RuralMary your RuralMary your Rural Nurse Nurse Nurse Nurse Fox GlacierFox GlacierFox GlacierFox Glacier

Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin

From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other."

Emily Matthews

Albert Einstein I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with

true assurance, because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and the joy of work harmo-niously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition which pervades your very being, and seems to make the

day's work like a happy child at play.

WHATAROA SCHOOL PET DAY

Results Lamb

Lamb Jnr: Lani Nolan

Lamb Int : Amber Friend

Lamb Leading: Bella Lash

Lamb Calling: Amber Friend

Supreme Lamb: Amber Friend

Calf Calf Snr: Kiara Tinirau-Philps

Calf Int: Liam Straight

Calf Junior: Ethan Lash

Calf Leading: Liam straight

Supreme Calf: Kiara Tinirau-Philps

Unusual Pet

Indoor Jnr: Georgia Scott-Williams

Indoor Int: Sharika Hardman

Outdoor Jnr: Ollie Nyland

Outdoor Int: Breigh Jones

Outdoor Snr: Aimee Blackburn

Supreme Unusual: Ollie Nyland

Horse Senior Horse: Eva Syminton

Best Girl Rider: Ellie Monk

Best Turned Out: Eva Syminton

Supreme Horse: Eva Syminton

Dog Junior: Zachary Williams

Int: Jade Fekkes

Senior: Laura Dennehy

Best Lead: Tane Tinirau-Philps

Supreme Dog: Laura Dennehy

Pet Projects Pet Project Jnr: Ruby Arnold

Pet Project Int: Monty Saunders

Pet Project Snr: Eva Syminton

Flowers: Aimee Blackburn

Cooking: Eva Syminton

Craft: Ethan Lash

Supreme Achiever Overall: Amber Friend

Raffles Groceries: Bowaters

Panasonic Stereo: Bella Lash

Ben 10 Roller Boots: Elsa MacRae

Lollie Jar: Amy Bolton

Kids Prizes Raffle: Willie McBride

Barb O’Neil

Brenda Monk

Maryanne Potae

Heather Friend

Thanks to CRT Whataroa, Shirley Arnold, Glacier Hot Pools,

White Heron Store, Full of Beans Café and Mark Syminton for

all raffle donations. Also thanks to the children, Financial

Literacy class, judges, school staff, PTA, parents and all the

other volunteers and helpers that made Pet Day a success

Preloved Clothing & Goods Sale

Date: Sat 4th Dec 10am – 12 midday.

Also; Raffles, tea, coffee and cake.

This will be a fund raiser for Community Contact.

All donations of goods in clean & tidy condition

most welcome. Please bring on the day.

Contact Barbara 7534224 or Anne 7534050.

Whataroa Library Hours: Tues 3.30pm – 4.30pm

Sat 10.30am-11.30am

Closed 22nd Dec - Reopen Sat Jan 8th

Contact;

Jean Blackburn 7534065

Jean Potter 7534044

South Westland Triathlon AGM Wed 15th December 7.30pm @ Ngai Tahu Regional Office 7 Kamahi Cresent, Franz Josef

Wanted: Keen people!!!! We are hoping to introduce both a shorter Biathlon (Run or walk/Cycle and a walk to the existing triathlon. Please come along to the meeting and show your interest. Contact: Gary MacRae 753 4133 or Jen Kennedy

Robin (Ted) Richards of Franz would like to thank all services and individuals who helped and offered to help in his accident and recovery. Hope the whitebaiters had a good season. __________________________________________

Kia ora koutou It was great to see so many people out to welcome back the 36 ju-venile rowi at the release day on 21 October. It was a big day for us and for the rowi, as 20 of the birds were released into North Ökärito forest, and it’s the first time in many years that there have been rowi in that part of the forest. These little pioneers are being moni-tored by Rachel Abbott, who’s studying them as part of an MSc project. We hope to be able to give you all an update soon on how they are settling in. Please tell anyone who you know hunts in North Ökärito to be aware that there will be people working in the forest both day and night as part of this research, so please be extra cautious. Back in South Ökärito forest, the rowi have been breeding well, and the first eggs are being looked after by the West Coast Wildlife Centre in Franz Josef. 12 eggs will be incubated this season at the Centre, and the rest will go to Willowbank in Christchurch as they have done in the past. Within a few years we expect that all eggs and chicks will be raised right here in Franz, which is great news for the programme. The little blue penguins are also breeding, with eleven chicks and another 19 eggs still to hatch (in mid-November) at Three Mile Beach, and a smaller group of three chicks and five more eggs at the Wanganui colony near Hari Hari. Long sunny days at the beach and down by the lake are coming up for many of us, and there’ll be many visitors enjoying these too. Please do ensure that if you’re exploring public conservation land (such as Lake Mapourika, for example) that you leave your dog at home! At the beach, please stay aware of breeding birds such the blue penguins and banded dotterels and keep your dog close by you. Feel free to pass on this advice to visitors if you see that they have their dogs in the wrong place. If you’re not sure where you can take your dog, please call in and check with us. This is espe-cially important now that the rowi have expanded their territory into North Ökärito forest. With warm weather here, and the occasional dry spell as well, it’s a good idea to remember than even though we live in one of the wet-test places in New Zealand we are not immune from wild fires. The damage caused by last year’s fire at the Ökärito pakihi is a good reminder of this. Please be careful with fires at all times, and make sure you get a fire permit from Jim Livingstone here at DOC for any fires not in fireplaces. Jim is the Rural Fire Officer so can an-swer any questions you have. Just remember that no permits will be issued between 24 December and 5 January, so you’ll need to plan ahead for the Christmas/New Year period. Wishing you all a happy and safe Christmas and New Year! Ngā mihi o te wā me te Tau Hou Tim Shaw Acting Area Manager _________________________________________________

South Westland Weheka Area

International Volunteer Day:

International Volunteer Day is Friday the 5th

of December, and

DOC in South Westland has been very fortunate in having many

volunteers contribute to various programmes, giving up their time

and holidays to be involved in various projects. This is our opportu-

nity to thank these hard working individuals for all their hard work!

We currently have two volunteer programmes operating in the

area, working within the Haast Kiwi Sanctuary and hut wardening

at Welcome Flat Hut. Working in the Kiwi Sanctuary is a big draw

for volunteers, contributing to the day to day management of the

kiwi sanctuary and the Operation Nest Egg Programme, often get-

ting up close and personal with the Haast Tokoeka. In this year

alone there have been sixteen volunteers helping out in the sanc-

tuary.

The Volunteer Hut Warden programme for Welcome Flat Hut, in

the Copland Valley has also proven to be popular with 22 volun-

teers donating their time and energy this year, and is fully booked

into May 2011. These volunteers help out with the day to day

management of the hut, greeting visitors, cleaning the associated

facilities, track maintenance, giving a hut talk each evening and

collecting hut fees. This can be a daunting job at times as Welcome

Flat is our most popular hut.

Over the past year these 38 volunteers have contributed 212 days

of work days in the area.

If you would like to find out more about how you can be involved

in these programmes or volunteering in South Westland, visit the

DOC website or contact the South Westland Weheka Area Office

on (03) 7510 807.

Thanks again all those who have generously donated their time

and efforts, conservation volunteers make an important contribu-

tion to conservation in New Zealand and we'd like to thank all our

volunteers from New Zealand and overseas for their contribution.

Wild Creations Residency:

Fox Glacier will be hosting Chris Cottrell for his Wild Creations Resi-

dency. Chris is a drawing, installation and video artist. He will be

spending approximately six weeks in Fox, studying the glaciers

movements with GPS devices, video and sound to create maps of

the glacier that show its complexity in a whole new way. The Wild

Creations Residency is a way for artists to gain funding from Crea-

tive New Zealand and support from DOC to work on their art forms

in some of the most beautiful and inspiring scenery in New Zea-

land.

Chris also intends to contribute to the community by giving the

kids at Fox Glacier Primary School some drawing lessons.

Copland Track Work:

DOC staff have recently undertaken a review of the Copland Track.

As the track and hut are continuing to experience growing visitor

numbers, the Department has completed project planning to begin

work on the track. This is likely to begin in the coming weeks, so

watch this space!

Noho ora mai

Jo Macpherson

Area Manager Poumanahere

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SWAS and Hari Hari Schools Re-union 2011. Don’t forget to get your registration in soon for the gathering in Hari Hari next Queens Birthday Weekend as the registra-tion price increases at the end of January next year. Early-Bird registrations help the committee with their planning and save you money. Registration forms are available in this issue of Community Contact, send a message online to swasreun-ion@hotmail.co.nz or just give me a ring and I will send you a copy. (Ph7533150) Some memories from the past. What about the picnics at the end of every year down at the end of the Wanganui Flat Road on Richard and Robin Berry’s farm in the 70’s and 80’s? These were a regular event down by Berry’s Creek and a lot of fun was had by all. Swimming in the creek, tractor rides, gorse fires, three-legged races and the slippery log of course cour-tesy of Michael York from the Hari Hari Motor Inn. Lots of little boys and some of the girls will remember their pillow fights on the slippery log and especially one epic battle with the pillows between two of the teachers. The paperwork re-quired today for a similar event would deter all but the most determined organizer. Other picnics were also held at Lake Mahinapua and it was also a great site with plenty of grass to play on, safe swim-ming and plenty of bush for the more adventurous to get lost in. Of course we all managed to return safely and in one piece. The Fishpond at SWAS. Where did it come from? In 1974

Mrs Bev Barbarich, the Form One teacher took maternity leave and a teacher was required for her wonderful but rather boisterous class. Any class with Raymond, Chris, Kevin, Kel-vin, Gary, Peter and so on in it was automatically boisterous. The Canterbury Education Board who looked after relief teachers in those days sent us a young Australian lady named Liz for the last two terms. (I’m sorry Liz but I can’t remember your surname.) Liz was only with us for a term or two but she quickly realized she had to keep her young charges busy and especially those lovely boys so the Goldfish Pond Scheme was born. After meeting a lot of scepticism from the Boss and the other staff the girl from Perth and her class got going, started digging up the lawn, concreting the pond and in the process proving everyone wrong. There was not a lot of machinery available in those days so most of the work was done by sheer muscle-power so it was a great effort by that class of ten and eleven year olds. The fishpond continues to provide a lot of pleasure to our students, the staff and visitors to the school more than 35 years later. After a recent spruce up by our resi-dent engineers and fix-it gang, Jenny and Blue, the fishpond should be good for another 50 years. Quick Quiz. When the swimming pool was first opened in 1973 who was first in the water, who opened the new pool and much earlier who drove the bulldozer that dug out the hole for the swimming pool? A special prize if you can tell us the three mystery names. Send to SWAS. Get those registrations in now or your story is next. The Old B.

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It’s Christmas time and we are “Looking after the Locals”

*3 Wishes * 3 Wheelbarrows *3 Winners

$3000.00 worth of Prizes

Pop on in for your Christmas and New Year supplies and we will give you 1 entry for a $10.00 spend 3 entries for a $20.00 spend and another entry for every $10.00 additional spend

The wheel barrows full of Goodies, each to the value of $1000.00 will be drawn

1 x 17th December, 1 x 24th December, 1 x 31st December

All correctly completed entries at the time will go into each draw

Chris, Cushla and all the Four Square Team wish everyone in South Westland

a very Merry Christmas and a safe , happy and healthy 2011

• Make sure you check out our fantastic Christmas specials

• Pre-orders taken now for fresh products and bulk quantities for all those Christmas get together’s- just ask us what we can do for you!

Don’t forget to collect your 2011 calendar with our compliments

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Phone: 03-7520177 Fax 03-7520770 email ferngrove@foursquare-si.co.nz

HEALTHCARE IN SOUTH WESTLAND Health care is available from each of the following clinics

• Haast – 03 7500800

• Fox Glacier 03 7510836

• Franz Josef 03 7520700

• Whataroa 03 7561080

• Hari Hari 03 7533008 If the nearest clinic is unattended, listen to the recorded phone message that will tell you where to contact the nearest nurse or doctor.

FOR EMERGENCIES DIAL 111 The

ambulance and nearest nurse or doctor will

NEED HELP, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE, ADVICE?

Below are the numbers of people/agencies who can help. Westland Victim Support – ask for Victim Support (03)755 8088

West Coast Arthritis Foundation (03)768 7254

Lifeline – West Coast Toll Free 0800 353 353

Kidsline – 4pm – 6pm every school day 0800 543 754

West Coast Rural Support—Dianne Milne 0800 787 254

0800 300 629

0800 461 591

West Coast Women’s Refuge (9am – 3pm) (03) 7898025

After hours 0800 208 339

Child Support Agency – queries re child support 0800 221 221

AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) (03) 752 0652

HEALTHLINE- free 24 hour health advice 0800 611 116

Disability Information Service 0800 100 946

Rebecca the weka “what everybody keeps asking” www.weka.net.nz

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OPEN MEETINGS AT OKARITO Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meetings DONOVANS STORE, OKARITO 11am SUNDAYS

Contact: Joan at 03 7534 005.

HEALTHLINE – FREE 24 HR HEALTH ADVICE 0800 611 116

Royal New Zealand Plunket Society (Inc)

Westland Car-Seat Rental Scheme

“Baby Seats” - “Toddler Seats” Phone Anne 03 755 4039

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Ross

Anglican Friday 10th Christingle 5pm

10.30am 10.30am

Catholic 10.30am 10.30am 10.30am

Hari Hari

Anglican 5.00pm 9.30am

Catholic 9.00am 6pm Sat. 9.00am 9.00am

Presbyterian 1pm

Whataroa

Anglican 11am 12 noon

Catholic 7pm Sat. 9.00am 7pm Sat 9pm Fri 24th 7pm

Franz Josef

Anglican 3pm 5pm

Catholic 5pm Sat 5pm Sat 6pm Fri 24th 6pm

Fox Glacier

Catholic 11am 9.30am Lit 7pm Fri 24th 9.30am

Haast

Catholic 10am 25th 5pm

Note: There will be Mass in Queenstown at 7pm on Christmas night, December 25th ANY ENQUIRIES RE CATHOLIC SERVICES: PARISH PRIEST, FLAT ROAD, WHATAROA (03 753 4140)

CHURCH SERVICES—DECEMBER 2010

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:16-17)

2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th

Ross

Anglican 10.30am 10.30am

Catholic 10.30am 10.30am

Hari Hari

Anglican 5pm 5pm

Catholic 9.00am 6pm Sat. 9.00am 9.am Sun Lit. 6pm Sat

Presbyterian 1pm

Whataroa

Anglican 11am

Catholic 7pm Sat. 9.00am 7pm Sat 9am 10.30 M.Tea after

Franz Josef

Anglican 3pm

Catholic 5pm Sat 5pm Sat

Fox Glacier

Catholic 11am 9.30am Lit 11am 8.30am

Haast

Catholic 5pm Mass

South Westland Catholic Parish: Contact Fr. Michael Mahoney, 0210333746 or 037534140 Note: This mass is the normal parish schedule. It is wise to check that a mass has not been changed for some special reason.

CHURCH SERVICES—JANUARY 2011